Photo: Shutterstock An international research team has called for a more sober discourse around climate change prospects, following an extensive reassessment of climate change’s progress and its mitigation. They argue that climate change models have understated potential warming’s speed and runaway potential, while the models that relate climate science to consequences, choices and policies have u

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/energy-advances-open-door-more-aggressive-climate-policies - 2025-08-29

Anders Persson, Karolina Södergren (IIIEE), Jenny Palm (IIIEE) och Georgina Brennan, från Lunds universitet. Foto: Malin Thelin/Sveriges Radio Researchers Jenny Palm and Karolina Södergren from the IIIEE talk about their research project Smart Symbiosis. On 4 December, the Swedish Radio P4 Kristianstad published a radio feature on the environment in the Hanö bay area. From the IIIEE, Professor Jen

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/hano-bay-focus-researchers-lund-university - 2025-08-29

Associate Professor Yuliya Voytenko Palgan has produced six videos to showcase the role of cities in regulating the Sharing Economy. Associate Professor Yuliya Voytenko Palgan at the IIIEE has worked to understand the role of cities in regulating the Sharing Economy. She has produced six videos to describe several roles and she shares this process in her new blogpost: Making of the Video Series -

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/role-cities-regulating-sharing-economy - 2025-08-29

Client exercise report 2019 by batch 25 of the IIIEE Master's Programme in Environmental Management and Policy The capstone course of the EMP programme at the IIIEE is the SSC course that leads student teams to client exercise projects all over the world. The students work for professional clients, assisting organisations and governmental institutions in finding solutions to their individual susta

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/time-now-accelerating-local-solutions-global-change - 2025-08-29

Jessika Luth Richter at the IIIEE defends her doctoral dissertation on 13 December 2019. On 13 December at 1.15 pm in the IIIEE Aula, Jessika Luth Richter defends her doctoral dissertation with the title: Towards a Circular Economy with Environmental Product Policy: Considering dynamics in closing and slowing material loops for lighting products.What really happens when we dispose of our lighting

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/towards-circular-economy-environmental-product-policy - 2025-08-29

Alexandra Jonca presenting her MSc thesis Photo: Håkan Rodhe For her MSc thesis 'Open house for overheating. A case of overheating policy synergies in London' The yearly award "Årets framtidsbyggare" is a prize (1.2 million SEK) with three categories: 1) "Årets innovatör"/The innovator of the year, 2) "Årets opinionsbildare"/The opinion-former of the year, 3) "Årets talang"/The talent of the year.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/arets-framtidsbyggare-talent-year-award-goes-msc-graduate-alexandra-jonca - 2025-08-29

A new MOOC 'Urban Nature' is launching on 13 January! It is the NATURVATION research project that is launching the MOOC on nature-based solutions in an urban world. The MOOC contains a collection of inspiring and educational films about the opportunities, challenges and future of nature-based solutions.Creating an online learning community, the MOOC is accessible from 13 January 2020. It is a 5-we

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-urban-nature-mooc-launches-13-january - 2025-08-29

IIIEE researcher Yuliya Voytenko Palgan has launched a website for the Sharing and the City research project, available at https://www.sharingandthecity.net/.The Sharing and the City project aims to examine, test and advance knowledge on the role of city governments in the initiation, implementation and institutionalisation of sharing organisations across cities in Europe.It focuses on in-depth ca

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/launch-sharing-and-city-website - 2025-08-29

Photo: IIIEE researcher Thomas Lindhqvist Policy instruments and business models for closed material loops:Lamp collecting systems in need of improvement A group of three IIIEE researchers are busy searching for good examples of how discarded lamps can be collected and the materials reused in new lamps.  “With authorities taking more responsibility consumers could contribute better, says IIIEE res

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-thomas-lindhqvist - 2025-08-29

On 27 August, Sydsvenskan and Skånska Dagbladet published articles covering the IIIEE 20th Anniversary Conference.

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee20-anniversary-conference-media - 2025-08-29

Today, on 26 August the IIIEE 20 th Anniversary Conference kicks off, celebrating 20 years of education and research. For programme and further information, please visit IIIEE20 Anniversary Conference

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-20th-anniversary-conference - 2025-08-29

A day that encourages a more responsible approach to electronic goods. On 24 January is Circular Electronics Day. It is a day that aims to encourage organizations and consumers to take a more responsible approach to the electronic goods they use.The IIIEE together with several organisations stand behind the initiative: Chalmers Industriteknik, Dustin, European Environmental Bureau, CATAPA, Closing

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-calls-sustainable-action-circular-electronics-day - 2025-08-29

Listen to our newest podcast episode! A tree is so much more than just a tree! Trees provide habitat to support biodiversity, remove carbon dioxide and particulate matter from our air, cool our cities during summers, and inspire enjoyment by all.A tree planted deliberately to provide any of these services is considered a nature-based solution. In this episode, we present the concept of nature-base

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/its-not-just-tree-story-about-nature-based-solutions - 2025-08-29

Leonidas Milios Awarded the 'Excellence in Review Award 2019' PhD candidate Leonidas Milios received the Excellence in Review Award 2019 from the interdisciplinary journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling (IF 7.044).The journal presented the annual Excellence in Review Awards to recognize exceptional reviewers who provided timely and constructive review services to the journal. The awardees w

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-researcher-leonidas-milios-recognised-excellence-scientific-peer-reviewing - 2025-08-29

Julia Nussholz defends her doctoral dissertation on "Circular Business Model Design: Business Opportunities from Retaining Value of Products and Materials" On 6 March 2020, PhD candidate Julia Nussholz will defend her doctoral dissertation with the title: Circular Business Model Design: Business Opportunities from Retaining Value of Products and MaterialsThe opponent will be Prof. Conny Bakker, Pr

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/phd-dissertation-defence - 2025-08-29

Nature-based solutions for innovation and sustainability As we come to the end of our inaugural session (5 weeks in duration) for the Urban Nature MOOC, we just wanted to give a quick update. So far we have had 64,000 page views, 9,000 unique visitors and 2,000 enrolments. The compendium has been downloaded some 3,800 times. We get continuous feedback from participants. For example: ”I really like

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/urban-nature-mooc-flying-start - 2025-08-29

Our Professor Nancy Bocken recently finished a collaborative report on the principles and strategies of 'resource-light' business models. Based on a significant body of research and real-life examples the report provides a useful resource for practitioners, academics, and entrepreneurs seeking to integrate proven resource-light strategies into their circular business innovations.Read the report he

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/new-report-resourse-light-business-models-circular-economy - 2025-08-29

Photo by Shutterstock The coronavirus has been spreading fast internationally, in Sweden as well as in Skåne. At the IIIEE, we follow the development closely and take action based on the decisions by the Swedish authorities and Lund University. Update 17 MarchAt a press conference today, 17 March, the Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven announced that the Government recommends that universities a

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/iiiee-and-coronavirus - 2025-08-29

The potential of ecodesign:Increasing efficiency by requirement From a sustainability point of view, the EU Ecodesign Directive has been very successful in improving the environmental performance of products – but there is more work to do. IIIEE researcher Carl Dalhammar is currently searching for concrete suggestions as to how the Swedish Energy Agency can advance their governance for resource ef

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-carl-dalhammar - 2025-08-29

Most data on the epidemiology of cardiogenic shock (CS) have come from patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to intensive cardiac care units (ICCUs). However, CS can have other aetiologies, and could be managed in intensive care units (ICUs), especially the most severe forms of CS. New publication in Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases.Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/design-and-preliminary-results-frenshock-2016-prospective-nationwide-multicentre-registry - 2025-08-29